Panicum fasciculatum Sw.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Panicum fasciculatum Sw.

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial; culms glabrous or somewhat pubescent above, slender or rather stout, erect, spreading or ascending, 0.3-1 m. long. Leaves flat, 3 dm. long or less, 0.6-2 cm. wide, glabrous or more or less pubescent, the sheaths sometimes pilose or hispid; panicles 5-15 cm. long, the branches raceme-like, ascending; spikelets commonly approximate, short-stalked, brown, 2-2.5 mm. long, glabrous, the outer scales reticulate-veined, the fourth scale rugose.

  • Distribution

    Waste places. Grand Turk Island : southern Florida and Texas ; the West Indies and tropical continental America. Brown Panic-grass.

    West Indies| Texas United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America|